Palais Garnier - Opera National de Paris

8 rue Scribe, Place de l'Opera, Paris , Île-de-France, France - Phone: 01 58 05 49 42

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  • The Majestic Opera House

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    killerjones 0 contribution Canada Jun 13, 2011

    If you decide to take this tour, book ahead and get in on a group guided tour as this is the only way to view the lake below the opera house. The building is wall to ceiling marble and so elegant...it is truly impressive. Takes about an hour to do well.

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    Spring rain in Paris all day.

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    It is Tuesday night. Rained ALL day but not too heavy and we were prepared. Hit the metro and went to Montmarte cemetary to locate Louisa Jacquesson nee Jaunay's grave. Went to the history office and the ladies there found it for us and photocopied the burial register for us. They were lovely and seemed to know about our champagne heritage. Unreal …

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    Opera House & A Boat Cruise

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    Today we decided to be true tourist and take some tours. As we could not secure opera tickets, we decided to take a tour of this most opulant building; the Opera Garnier. This tour is 9 euro and lets you explore the inside, which is floor to ceiling marble. It has a couple of different styles in it's design, both clssical & baroque. It has a …

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    Famous Parisians: Mona, Phantom, Seine, and Moulin

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    July 24, 2010 – Paris

    Began today with a trip to the world famous Louvre Museum. After another confusing bout with the Parisian metro system, we arrived at the Musee de Louvre station stop, which led to an underground shopping center leading up to the museum's lower level entrance. The shopping center was like a high end fashion …

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    Paris – You are so beautiful….to me!

    Day two had us getting dropped into the Lourve for a free day of wandering the never ending sights of Paris. I teamed up with Bryony and Lucy for a day of fun and discovery.

    Starting at the Louvre we got the obligatory glass pyramid shots…..times a million! We decided not to go in as there was a large line and there were still so …

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    Start of the Contiki Adventure

    Well it was a 17th and was time to head to the contiki basement to meet my fellow travellers. i also stayed the night at the royal national hotel as i had an early departure of 6.45 am the next morning. i first met all of my fellow travellers at the meet up at 7pm the night before departure and got along Immediately with all the travellers i spoke …

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